Press Releases

This week, the Israeli Ministry of Interior released criteria for enforcement of a selective travel ban, following the apparent first application of the ban to five Americans. NIF CEO Daniel Sokatch released the following statement. . .

Today, NIF named Mickey Gitzin as its new executive director in Israel. Gitzin will replace Rachel Liel, who steps down after eight years as the executive director of NIF in Israel. Liel will stay on as a member of NIF’s board.

“Every country has the right to decide to whom to grant visas. But having that right doesn’t make it any less wrong for Israel to decide to bar the entry of our colleagues at Human Rights Watch. . . this may be legal, but it’s morally unacceptable and anti-democratic.”